Re: Whence the Opterons? - Mailing list pgsql-performance

From Sam Vilain
Subject Re: Whence the Opterons?
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Msg-id 427E8BAB.7000607@vilain.net
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In response to Whence the Opterons?  (Mischa Sandberg <mischa.sandberg@telus.net>)
Responses Re: Whence the Opterons?  (Mischa Sandberg <mischa.sandberg@telus.net>)
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Mischa Sandberg wrote:
> After reading the comparisons between Opteron and Xeon processors for Linux,
> I'd like to add an Opteron box to our stable of Dells and Sparcs, for comparison.
> IBM, Sun and HP have their fairly pricey Opteron systems.
> The IT people are not swell about unsupported purchases off ebay.
> Anyone care to suggest any other vendors/distributors?

Check out the Tyan Transport systems.  Tyan are an ex Sparc clone manufacturer, and
released the second available Opteron board - widely considered the first serious
Opteron board to hit the market.

Sam.

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